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Restart Mauna Kea construction prevented following arrests
Posted by TVNZ: None Given on June 25th, 2015
TVNZ: Protesters have managed to prevent the restart of construction work on a Thirty-Metre Telescope on the summit of Mauna Kea in Hawai'i today. Hawaiian media have reported the TMT crews attempted to reach the site of construction only to be met by hundreds of peaceful protesters ‘standing in protection of Mauna Kea as a sacred Native Hawaiian site’. The crowd of over 500 are said to be under a protocol of “kapu aloha” that dictates all people to be treated with compassion and respect despite opposing...
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Comments Off on Restart Mauna Kea construction prevented following arrestsTMT crews turn back from Hawaii mountain blocked by protesters
Posted by Pacific Business: None Given on June 25th, 2015
Pacific Business: Work crews for the Thirty Meter Telescope project failed to reach the construction site at the summit of Hawaii’s Mauna Kea volcano Wednesday after hundreds of protesters opposed to the $1.4 billion observatory blocked the road, resulting in the arrests of several people. Some 300 protesters set up some two dozen lines across the Mauna Kea access road near the visitors center at the 9,200-foot elevation, blocking five trucks escorted by Hawaii County police cars, the Hawaii Tribune-Herald reports....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on TMT crews turn back from Hawaii mountain blocked by protestersMauna Kea Protesters Arrested TMT Resume Construction
Posted by Civil Beat: Nathan Eagle on June 25th, 2015
Civil Beat: Hundreds were gathered on the mountain early in the morning to stop construction crews from resuming work on the $1.4 billion project.
The protesters forced the TMT workers to turn around after 11 people were arrested, according to the Hawaii Tribune-Herald.
KITV reported that TMT crews were crossing onto a portion of the road up Mauna Kea that was managed by the state, the point at which the Department of Land and Natural Resources` officers took over the escort from county police.
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‘Protector’ arrested as workers try reach telescope atop Hawaiian-cherished Mauna Kea
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 25th, 2015
Associated Press: As hundreds of protesters flocked to a Hawaii mountain to stop workers from resuming construction on a giant telescope that many people oppose, police arrested a man Wednesday.
The man was arrested on Mauna Kea and was being transported to a police station in Hilo, said Hawaii County police Assistant Chief Henry Tavares. He didn`t immediately know details of the arrest.
Protesters oppose the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope because it will be built on land held sacred by many Native Hawaiians....
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Posted by Associated Press: Jennifer Sinco Kelleher on June 25th, 2015
Associated Press: As hundreds of protesters flocked to a Hawaii mountain to stop workers from resuming construction on a giant telescope that many people oppose, county police arrested a man Wednesday.
The man was arrested on Mauna Kea and was being transported to a police station in Hilo, said Hawaii County police Assistant Chief Henry Tavares. He didn't immediately know details of the arrest.
Protesters oppose the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope because it will be built on land held sacred by many Native...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on Hawaii telescope: Hundreds protesters aim block Mauna Kea projectThe Fate of Mauna Kea’s TMT Project Hangs in the Balance
Posted by News Maine: Felix Balthasar on June 25th, 2015
News Maine: The opposition against the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) has been doing the rounds for months now. Though the protesters have refused to budge from their stand, the construction of the TMT was to resume on Wednesday.
The TMT, whose construction began in March near the summit of Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii after seven years of environmental studies, public hearings and court proceedings, has been planned as the world's largest optical telescope, requiring an investment of $1.4 billion....
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on The Fate of Mauna Kea’s TMT Project Hangs in the BalanceProtesters turn back Mauna Kea construction convoy
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 25th, 2015
Associated Press: A caravan of construction vehicles that had been slowly making its way to Mauna Kea's 13,000-foot summit Wednesday turned around and headed down the mountain after protesters covered the roadway with boulders at the 10,000-foot level.
After a state Department of Land and Natural Resources official announced the caravan's descent at about 12:45 p.m., protesters began removing the boulders to clear a path for astronomers and staff working at observatories at the summit.
Hilo police arrested 11...
Indiana will defy Obama on climate change plan
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2015
Associated Press: Indiana will not comply with President Barack Obama’s plan to battle climate change by requiring reductions in emissions from coal-fired power plants, Republican Gov. Mike Pence said Wednesday. The proposal as currently written, known as the Clean Power Plan, will make Indiana electricity more expensive and less reliable and hurt economic growth in Indiana and across the nation, Pence wrote in a letter to Obama. The plan targets pollution from the coal-fired power plants that Indiana relies on....
New report estimates enough natural gas leaking negate climate benefit
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2015
Guardian: Natural gas has been touted as an environmentally friendly substitute to coal and oil production, but a new report estimates enough gas is leaking to negate most of the climate benefits of process.
The report, commissioned by the Environmental Defense Fund and carried out by environmental consulting group ICF International, estimated the amount of leaks from natural gas and oil production on federal and tribal land in the US. It also looked at venting and flaring, processes in which drilling sites...
Posted in Water Conservation Comments Off on New report estimates enough natural gas leaking negate climate benefitWater level in reservoir formed by Hoover Dam dips record low
Posted by Washington Post: Juliet Eilperin on June 24th, 2015
Reuters: The largest capacity reservoir in the United States has hit its lowest water level in history following years of severe drought that have dramatically reduced flows from the Colorado River, water managers said on Wednesday.
Officials said Nevada’s Lake Mead, the 79-year-old reservoir created by the massive Hoover Dam, registered 1,074.98 feet (327.7 meters) above sea level late on Tuesday, but was able to rise above a critical mark by early on Wednesday morning.
A water level of below 1,075...
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